--- title: "Best Matthew Walker Quotes" description: "Matthew Walker has 72 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings, across 212 categories." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-matthew-walker-9547.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-matthew-walker-9547.jpg) # Matthew Walker **72** quotes in **212** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Matthew Walker · Page 2 > [“Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seven-hours-a-night-demolishes/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Cancer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/matthew-walker-9547_cancer_routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seve_86252.jpg) > [The time of night when you sleep makes a significant difference in terms of the structure and quality of your sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a-significant-difference-in/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/matthew-walker-9547_night_the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a_429797.jpg) > [Friends say, 'Shall we go out to dinner at 8?' I say, 'I can't, I'm a 10 A.M.-till-6:30 P.M. kind of guy.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/friends-say-shall-we-go-out-to-dinner-at-8-i-say-i-can-t-i-m-a-10-a-m/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Dinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dinner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/matthew-walker-9547_dinner_friends-say-shall-we-go-out-to-dinner-at_601836.jpg) > [If you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/if-you-were-not-to-set-an-alarm-clock-would-you-sleep-past-it-if-the/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Alarm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alarm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/matthew-walker-9547_alarm_if-you-were-not-to-set-an-alarm-clock-wo_557130.jpg) > [When did a doctor prescribe, not sleeping pills, but sleep itself? It needs to be prioritised, even incentivised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/when-did-a-doctor-prescribe-not-sleeping-pills-but-sleep-itself-it/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Doctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/matthew-walker-9547_doctor_when-did-a-doctor-prescribe-not-sleeping_1430494.jpg) > [I think many people walk through their lives in an under-slept state not realizing it. It's become this new natural baseline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-think-many-people-walk-through-their-lives-in-an-under-slept-state/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [I think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/matthew-walker-9547_i-think_i-think-many-people-walk-through-their-l_1890397.jpg) > [No aspect of our biology is left unscathed by sleep deprivation. It sinks down into every possible nook and cranny. And yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/no-aspect-of-our-biology-is-left-unscathed-by-sleep-deprivation-it/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/matthew-walker-9547_anything_no-aspect-of-our-biology-is-left-unscath_2835454.jpg) > [That short-sleeping that we're now suffering is a consequence of our lifestyle. It's not a consequence of evolutionary habituation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/that-short-sleeping-that-we-re-now-suffering-is-a-consequence-of-our/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Evolutionary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolutionary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/matthew-walker-9547_evolutionary_that-short-sleeping-that-we-re-now-suffe_1562065.jpg) > [We know that efficiency and effectiveness are increased when you're getting sufficient sleep, and it will take you longer to do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/we-know-that-efficiency-and-effectiveness-are-increased-when-you-re/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/matthew-walker-9547_brain_we-know-that-efficiency-and-effectivenes_631200.jpg) > [As you try to tweak your sleep one way or the other, you might be, you might be doing great - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/as-you-try-to-tweak-your-sleep-one-way-or-the-other-you-might-be-you/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Details](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/details/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83d/matthew-walker-9547_details_as-you-try-to-tweak-your-sleep-one-way-o_684076.jpg) > [I think sleep is probably the neglected stepsister in the health conversation today. I think we've done a good job regarding physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-think-sleep-is-probably-the-neglected-stepsister-in-the-health/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Diet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/matthew-walker-9547_diet_i-think-sleep-is-probably-the-neglected_2854294.jpg) > [I have long been puzzled by the entrenched mentality, and often enforced practice, of longer work hours and less sleep. Innumerable policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-have-long-been-puzzled-by-the-entrenched-mentality-and-often/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/matthew-walker-9547_long_i-have-long-been-puzzled-by-the-entrench_2919170.jpg) > [Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain. Many people walk through their lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/human-beings-are-the-only-species-that-deliberately-deprive/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/matthew-walker-9547_human_human-beings-are-the-only-species-that-d_1461051.jpg) > [You're trying to sleep off a debt that you've lumbered your brain and body with during the week, and wouldn't it be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/you-re-trying-to-sleep-off-a-debt-that-you-ve-lumbered-your-brain-and/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/matthew-walker-9547_body_you-re-trying-to-sleep-off-a-debt-that-y_137778.jpg) > [When I give lectures, people will wait behind until there is no one around and then tell me quietly, 'I seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/when-i-give-lectures-people-will-wait-behind-until-there-is-no-one/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/matthew-walker-9547_people_when-i-give-lectures-people-will-wait-be_801834.jpg) > [Individuals fail to recognise how their perennial state of sleep deficiency has come to compromise their mental aptitude and physical vitality, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/individuals-fail-to-recognise-how-their-perennial-state-of-sleep/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Compromise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compromise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/matthew-walker-9547_compromise_individuals-fail-to-recognise-how-their_1077672.jpg) > [“It is disquieting to learn that vehicular accidents caused by drowsy driving exceed those caused by alcohol and drugs combined.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/it-is-disquieting-to-learn-that-vehicular-accidents-caused-by-drowsy/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Accidents Caused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents-caused-1079548/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/matthew-walker-9547_accidents-caused_it-is-disquieting-to-learn-that-vehicula_2523119.jpg) > [No one would look at an infant baby asleep, and say 'What a lazy baby!' We know sleeping is non-negotiable for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/no-one-would-look-at-an-infant-baby-asleep-and-say-what-a-lazy-baby/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Abandoned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandoned/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/matthew-walker-9547_abandoned_no-one-would-look-at-an-infant-baby-asle_956048.jpg) > [No one wants to give up time with their family or entertainment, so they give up sleep instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/no-one-wants-to-give-up-time-with-their-family-or-entertainment-so/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Entertainment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/entertainment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/matthew-walker-9547_entertainment_no-one-wants-to-give-up-time-with-their_438406.jpg) > [I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-think-we-perhaps-are-with-sleep-where-we-were-with-smoking-about-50/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Right](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/matthew-walker-9547_right_i-think-we-perhaps-are-with-sleep-where_257529.jpg) > [Many business leaders still believe that time on-task equates to productivity. Even in the industrial era of rote factory work, this was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/many-business-leaders-still-believe-that-time-on-task-equates-to/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/matthew-walker-9547_believe_many-business-leaders-still-believe-that_885904.jpg) > [“the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. The leading causes of disease and death in developed nations—diseases that are crippling health-care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-shorter-your-sleep-the-shorter-your-life-the-leading-causes-of/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fe/matthew-walker-9547_death_the-shorter-your-sleep-the-shorter-your_2860111.jpg) > [I think the first general point to make from epidemiological studies across millions of people is the following - that short sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/i-think-the-first-general-point-to-make-from-epidemiological-studies/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [I think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/matthew-walker-9547_i-think_i-think-the-first-general-point-to-make_3180509.jpg) > [The fact that we don't have that biologic pressure to have highly polyphasic sleep, I think, probably tells us something in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-fact-that-we-don-t-have-that-biologic-pressure-to-have-highly/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [I think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/matthew-walker-9547_i-think_the-fact-that-we-don-t-have-that-biologi_1911345.jpg) > [What is dreaming, and what happens, and are there any real benefits to dreaming? Well, to take a step back, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/what-is-dreaming-and-what-happens-and-are-there-any-real-benefits-to/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/matthew-walker-9547_back_what-is-dreaming-and-what-happens-and-ar_1055187.jpg) > [“new report has discovered that medical errors are the third-leading cause of death among Americans after heart attacks and cancer. Sleeplessness undoubtedly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/new-report-has-discovered-that-medical-errors-are-the-third-leading/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/matthew-walker-9547_death_new-report-has-discovered-that-medical-e_2067140.jpg) > [The gross demonstration of caffeine is that it prevents you from falling asleep. The slightly more nefarious aspect of caffeine is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-gross-demonstration-of-caffeine-is-that-it-prevents-you-from/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Caffeine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caffeine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/matthew-walker-9547_deep_the-gross-demonstration-of-caffeine-is-t_1028478.jpg) > [Stay away from screens, especially those LED screens. Those blue-light emitting devices fool your brain into thinking that it's still daytime, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/stay-away-from-screens-especially-those-led-screens-those-blue-light/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/matthew-walker-9547_brain_stay-away-from-screens-especially-those_1960531.jpg) > [Deep non-REM sleep almost hits the save button on those recently acquired informational pieces so that when you wake up the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/deep-non-rem-sleep-almost-hits-the-save-button-on-those-recently/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Deep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/matthew-walker-9547_deep_deep-non-rem-sleep-almost-hits-the-save_2238344.jpg) > [Regularity is a key: going to bed at the same time, waking up at the same time no matter what. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/regularity-is-a-key-going-to-bed-at-the-same-time-waking-up-at-the/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [I think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-think/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/matthew-walker-9547_i-think_regularity-is-a-key-going-to-bed-at-the_2820807.jpg) > [Dream sleep provides a fascinating neurochemical soothing balm. It is during dream sleep and only during dream sleep when our brain shuts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/dream-sleep-provides-a-fascinating-neurochemical-soothing-balm-it-is/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/matthew-walker-9547_brain_dream-sleep-provides-a-fascinating-neuro_1706422.jpg) > [The amount of sleep - the total amount of sleep that you get - starts to decrease the older that we get.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-amount-of-sleep-the-total-amount-of-sleep-that-you-get-starts-to/) [Matthew Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/matthew-walker-9547_age_the-amount-of-sleep-the-total-amount-of_1077591.jpg) ## Matthew Walker by topic [Sleep (56)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/matthew-walker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-walker/#itemlist", "name": "Matthew Walker Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matthew Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seven-hours-a-night-demolishes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/matthew-walker-9547_cancer_routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seve_86252.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/matthew-walker-9547_cancer_routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seve_86252.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/matthew-walker-9547_cancer_routinely-sleeping-less-than-six-or-seve_86252.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling…” — Matthew Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The time of night when you sleep makes a significant difference in terms of the structure and quality of your sleep.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matthew Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-walker/the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a-significant-difference-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/matthew-walker-9547_night_the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a_429797.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/matthew-walker-9547_night_the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a_429797.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/matthew-walker-9547_night_the-time-of-night-when-you-sleep-makes-a_429797.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The time of night when you sleep makes a significant difference in terms of the structure and quality of…” — Matthew Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Friends say, 'Shall we go out to dinner at 8?' 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